Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/July 2013
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July 1
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 1
- parse wiki tables to machine readable format
- Visual Edit rollout
- Account question
- Table not sorting
- Translation from German
- Dix Township Article edit war and conflict of interest
- Multiple issues on the page
- Inflation Template
- Missing Jeffery Hunter info
- Several technical questions/complaints
- Adam Harrington and Adam J. Harrington are 2 different actors. Then there is Adam Harrington who is a voice actor. 3 Adam Harringtons. And all getting mixed up on this wiki page
- Wikipedia's 'Legal Jurisdiction'
- Uploaded Pictures Getting Deleted
- How to contribute content to Wikipedia
- How does one revert an 'enable feedback' action?
- Simple Buttons on Account creation about articles that need editing.
- liketo know about the old school in marion county lamrion vocation school
- New info
- Where to go to express concerns of administrator's behavior
- I saved a page and cannot find it
- HotCat
- Inappropriate language and description of a phrase
July 2
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 2
- Rollback explanation summary
- Link to Spanish Wikipedia
- Image copyright
- Fuck you Wikipedia do you know how much struggle i went through editing an article and your deleting my hard and legal work.
- updating an author's page as his assistant
- amateur radio teachers
- Jacob Pitts is not recurring on Justifed- he is a cast regular .
- Visual Edit
- Table formatting
- New article edit window
- Jerry Yanyanutawa
- Outrage at under-utilization of a superb image
- Email notifications
- Maritime Telecommunications Network Page
- updated since my last visit--green!
- Odd lag
- Changing the name of an article
- Colin Carter
- Referencing multiple times from the same reference
- Pioneer Chicken
- Changing the name of a page with a name that already exists
- References disappeared + how to edit a reference
- Problems editing with beta versions?
- F-20 Fighter
- Cited reference now gives 404, I have the text open in my browser. What can I do?
July 3
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 3
- Visual Editor
- SEVERAL FIXES AND QUESTIONS FROM OLD SCHOOL HISTORIAN
- Question about VisualEditor.
- Delete account
- Incorrect photograph attached to my wiki page
- Unsigned IP posts
- Looking for old discussions
- Oneironaut
- Octacube
- can someone fix a vandalized page where data has been lost
- Deleting inappropriate or inaccurate content
- is it permitted to delete content since it is supposedly WP:Fringe, without trying to support this claim?
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast: formatting for infobox and flag image
- editing citations
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MovePage&wpOldTitle=User:Launchballer/{{{1}}}&wpNewTitle={{{1}}}&wpReason=Moving+userspace+draft+to+articlespace
- Get logged out when I check my watchlist
July 4
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 4
- AATTV
- Paraphrase or explain with my words a source about a partnership?
- Adding comments to a particular page
- About hindi film article
- Tennessee Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church
- New Editing system
- Juris Doctor
- Is there a project page for would-be developers?
- Cyclotron image wrong
- Boone, NC
July 5
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 5
- Can someone plz find th950's movie Geeta Dutt song " O matwale matwale". Thanks.
- finding the answer to a previously submitted question
- Help with formatting glitch
- Want to Edit the Infobox
- Help for hire
- Babel template help
- German Kino Plus link points to malious code downlaod page
- Thomas Jefferson death subject
- Interlanguage page moves
- John Lars Zwerenz or John Zwerenz (Myself) Article on Wikipedia??
- I have tried repeatedly to edit my own bio and the changes will not show up.
- Brookbound
- How to get rid of "visual editor"?
- HOW DO I GET RID OF LANGUAGE SETTINGS
- Looking for old AfD discussion page
July 6
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 6
- Use of the word "claimed" in articles on living persons
- Paragraphs?
- Subject regarding a page on 'Joshua Sridhar'
- New topic
- How to mark a reference used multiple times (^ a b) as dead?
- Robert Stone (scientist) move to article namespace
July 7
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 7
- Want to make up for not having provided an edit summary
- Brackets in a plain link reference "breaking" the reference
- Adding interwiki links
- VisualEditor
- How did I trigger all-red text?
- Editing parameters in a template call
- Would editing my Wikipedia profile/bio violate Wikipedia's NPOV policy? Frank Sanello
- COVER-UP; DEAD BOSTON BOMBER?
- Question regarding registered vs unregistered editing
July 8
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 8
- Tried but failed to move a template
- Firefox and script errors
- Visual Editor
- Grievance against title upon searching 'Ishrat Jahan'
- The "Late" individual
- How on earth do I edit a citation?
- christianity
- Location
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Thomas O'Toole.
- New User: Page Edit Suggestion on Sign-up Needs Work
- trying to create links on page about me - Michael Berk
- Two BLP's about the same athlete
July 9
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 9
- Italics in title
- BRICK WALL
- Edward Joseph Snowden article
- Quick Answer - Guild of Copy Editors
- Embarrassing Wikipedia edits
- How to know whether an article has been created without knowing the exact title?
- form F125-01 - Declaration for racial category
- Adding a reference which is a hyperlink
- Notable People
- I'm very confused about copyright
- Correcting template markup
- Update on submited info
- Category:Texas A&M articles with to-do lists
- A little mess on "Defiance episodes"
- Queen's Remembrancer
- editing of articles
- I am not sure if my article has been submitted!
- ODS Activation Step Failed
- Duxs
- IDP
- name references tab works intermittently
- Questions on how to edit (questions not answered on "Help" pages)
- (Tag: VisualEditor)
July 10
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 10
- uploading a picture
- Re: Milicent Bagot
- Wikipedia No Longer Honors User Preferences
- What should be done with this problem article?
- Policy on settlements.
- New text section vs. existing diagram
- What exactly is the difference between <ref> and {{Cite}}?
- Incorrect Name
- Mold
- Article about American Institute of Certified Planners is okay. Wikipedia has a warning box saying it appears to be an ad or a testimonial.
- Appreciating of Reference
- VisualEditor not working for me
- Help with old Afc submissions
- Help me optimize
- edit in 2013 protests in Turkey
- upload
July 11
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 11
- New article list?
- How to circumvent "This file is bigger than the server is configured to allow."
- Erroneous message not for me.
- CAPTCHA
- Copied material
- Plagiarism in Moody's Investors Service
- SHI International page reads as an advertisement
- CRTC web page
- Pipe character in citation
- Trying to change a logo
- unable to edit another user's talk page
- Tawan W. Davis
- Article is entirely a copy/paste.
- Please recheck my wiki
- How do you delete a user page?
July 12
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 12
- download all revisions of an article?
- Useraccounts for Wikimedia Foundation employees editing as part of their work
- page curation toolbar doesn't appear
- View History tab has suddenly vanished
- Adding pictures
- First ever article
- Question about a logo and how it appears on Facebook
- Need Disambiguation page for Ballast Point Park
- words with missing letters for crossword solving ,is this available?18:04, 12 July 2013 (UTC)~~
- Pran died
- Intitle and plurals
- Lowercase and italicized title
- Strange user right
July 13
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 13
- Disappearing reflist
- Correcting edit summaries
- After consulting Help, I still can't find out how to eliminate this "Text ignored" notice
- Unnamed section
- How do I credit a photo taken by Dante Liberatore that appears in Wikipedia article Frank Sanello
- Creating page: John Bodkin
- Frank Sanello
- Where do I start on a problematic BLP?
July 14
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 14
- Help searching
- Infobox Symbols
- In article image thumbnail
- External links no longer opening in new tab
- Searching for info on a cafeteria in the old typewriter building in Hartford Ct
- Regarding vandalism
- How do I revert to old editing method???
- Alternative Referel sources
- Problem with Men Without Hats template?
- Michael Berk
- Reza Aslan
- poems/songs
- template expansion caching
- Merge Commons/Meta account with a different name
- Follow-Up on Mars
- False edits in Cancer. Collusion? 3RR rule?
July 15
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 15
- I created Rayman School
- Alt text problem
- Cerebral Edema
- Extra space after template
- Copyright tag
- How to protect Wikipedia from those, who delete useful information only because it is not referenced, and insist on that deletions?
- Creating a new article
- Notable people in articles about US cities
- Now do I request adding the Metal band "Mortal Fear" from Toronto CA into the Wikipedia database?
- How to view the latest pending revision of pending change protected pages as an unregistered or logged-out user?
- Dav Pilkey
- Changes Please
- how to change my display name
- How do I fix a web page about me?
- Da'Ville Thomas Page
- Non delivery of my parcel booked from India to USA
- Images in Wiki Article
- How to make article edit also changed on google search page under the title
- I have showed the simple difference between electric and magnetic field
- No Image Available
July 16
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 16
- Mohammed Zahur Khayaam
- A wiki affiliated database that is for only certain viewers/users
- Need to correct/update the article on Bakarkhani
- Reversal of text
- Locally uploading files above 100 MB to English Wikipedia
- I need help from someone else to make a new article
- All Articles on a Specific Subject
- Minerva
- Request for re-review of article
- Request for review
- Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
- The Wikipedia shows a article about a Nazi person
- MJB Company (Farmhouse Foods) Help
- My agent's bio for J. Richard Burnoski
July 17
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 17
- wrong picture
- picture of Rhonda Sivarajah is off-center in the Wikipedia article Rhonda Sivarajah
- Elderwood Gang (Chinese Hacker Group) Page deleted
- Help When Posssibly Dealing With An Overly Agressive / Manipulative Reviewer / editor?
- Interwiki link required
- Why am I listed as active on French Wikipedia?
- How does X work?
- Can't see a user's comment
- Editing a box or table that doesn't have an edit button.
- This is an appropriate fair use right?
- Help! Another editor is threatening to block me over a good faith edit.
- Printing articles about mathematics
- Quickie aircraft
- John Langdon
July 18
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 18
- WATCHER
- Changing crest on Christian Brothers, Fremantle site
- How to add table rows in new Visual Editor?
- woody strode
- Having problems adding a wikilink (may have found a bug in the timeline code)
- Alleged malware link in the Laurie Penny article
- Germaine Greer
- Interwiki link required
- Change background color of Template:User citizen
- Class Size Re-Direct
- Allo Allo
- Article Suitability
- Table of contents taking up whole width of page
- Changing the color of a country on a map
- PRstore Wikipedia Entry
- Difficulties in start of video
- Xaverian High School
July 19
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 19
- "Some parts of the edit form did not reach the server; double-check that your edits are intact and try again."
- Adding a picture to the blue box
- Contents boxes
- infobox - how to create one tutorial
- Submitting & Registration
- Persian Gulf in arabic language
- Super-wide TOC
- Contents frame
- Notification
- Sean OKeefe discography
- Interwiki linking
- Meta menardi
- Jake Goldberg Picture
- I am having a problem adding a DVD release to the Little Einsteins DVD releases section
- Incorrect Picture in Article
- Freeport- McMoRan
- Duke alumni errors
July 20
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 20
- Interwiki merge
- Problem user? Not sure where to take this
- Hitler page uneditable?
- Searching image titles within a wikimedia category
- Proposing changes to results of a multiple use of a namedref?
- Picture thumbnail doing weird stuff
- Cite document - Unnecessary error message
- Issues about my Article
- Wikepedia states name in use
- Recent changes tag filter and visual editor
- Wide Table of contents
- redirecting a page
- Infobox in Almaguin Highlands article
- Saving addition to site
- Collapsible rows with a table
- Chrome hanging on edit
- Deletion of post
- Adding items
- Talk page notice
- Capitalization
- I am writing a new page and I'm having problems with the references format
July 21
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 21
- another interwiki link/merge required
- American Girl: Saige paints the sky
- Customizing diff tool for article revisions
- Fake article policy
- question
- Template:sfn
- help publishing an article
- Correction requested
- Uploading a modified image
- Request to review a draft
- Invisalign page
- another interwiki link/merge required
- Famous African American Families
- Photo for Article
July 22
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 22
- My writing and a "Point Of View" problem
- Locating articles without Interlanguage links
- Rollback topicon won't appear
- Spurious Orphaned non-free media emails ?
- My page Title
- Not-quite-an-article articles
- Share image between wikipedia
- F A Meier
- Interwiki link asymmetric
- Changing the case in the title
- Is oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com a RS?
- How to Add useful pictures in wikipedia article..???
- Formulas or equations
- Administrative law judge
July 23
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 23
- Family Tree Direction
- Editing
- Welcome link has stopped working for me
- Yearbooks
- image not displaying
- Line numbers in diffs
- I want to know about it why bahti are Social group of Himachal .It is also social group of Punjab?
- help with citing a reference
- Can crown corporations and portfolios have access to gcpedia namely Canadian Tourism Commission
- retired nascar drivers
- New way of editing
- I can't find my article
- Grouping many inline citations
July 24
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 24
- Second Article
- Wouldn't let me create an article
- Ok, I do not know how to cite sources at all and WP:RS and WP:REFB didn't help me at all!!!!
- Problem with a Wikipedia user who has undone edits by other users
- Path from proposed policy to policy
- how to use reference list
- Using equations with <math> - cannot enter subscripts?
- TO find the admin person or help me to edit the US Embassy page
- Page Updates
- Confusion on Date of Birth
- Mobile edits
- Uploading Logo
- Possible COI? Newbie wanting to check before proceeding
- Image donations
- Filtering random articles
- My Web Site URL
- Unable to create references
- Overflagging
- ad hoax
- ruby color
July 25
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 25
- Fosdick's "shall the fundamentalists win"
- Changing my photo.
- Trouble signing in
- Incorrect mobile rendering of List of Chocolate Bar Brands
- No Page view statistics for July 23?
- Homeopathy
- Please move
- Displaying more than 200 items on categories lists
- Bad table formatting in article
- Overzealous use of the {{cn}} tag?
- article still under creation and needs improvement
- fixed the issues the reviewer had with my article. How do I resubmit it to get approved and have the big boxes across the top removed?
- How to get an archived thread unarchived at ANI
- Proper venue for assessing contentious edits
- Speed Racer cartoon link to Anime and Manga -- the original US-Japanese culture download to the US re: Anime
July 26
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 26
- Page view stats down
- political science
- Chemical infobox
- Genomandering a political ploy
- how do i insert a web link
- Broken links
- Protection for article ?
- Article is no longer an orphan - how to get rid of box on page
- Wikipedia's blank page
- Mayor Michael Pizzi
- wessexhelicopter.co.uk
- Image issues at Adrenalin Quarry
- User:Stiarts erid
July 27
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 27
- Missing Oregon Person
- Copy of deleted article
- reference addition from an attachment file.
- Centering text of rows in sortable prettytables.
- Final legal notice
- I have opened a dispute but the other editor does not respond. What's next?
- Privacy of my IP address
- Hi, article recently created, can anybody check the spelling and if it's correctly categorized?
- GNU/Linux
- Adding to a page
- Templates - How To Change Present "Show"/"Hide" Buttons to "Open"/"Close" Instead?
- uploading photo on wikipedia entry
July 28
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 28
- Brotherhood of St. Andrew references
- New signature
- Urgent help needed
- Inaccurate information & Common misconception
- Editing chris tiu
- homepage
- Lost my edit toolbar,... again
- Editing an Article/Error Message
- Personal bias
- title of the article on me is in an unhelpful form of my personal name
- How to add a reference
- Bad multi-image or bad browser?
- New page patrol for user talk pages?
- video
- How can I avoid the dreaded "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" tag by Wikipedia editors - which I understand?
- page curation, temporary page move
July 29
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 29
- Credit Card on your front page.
- What versions of the Bible can be quoted?
- not able to open my favourite wikipedia articles saved in arabic text...text get converted to garbled text...this has happened after loading M.S op system xp
- WP:TAFI on the main page
- To kill a mocking bird the film
- Talk page of a redirect
- Tascott
- adding content to a subject
- Help replacing dead link with updated cite
- Legal question
- Article on Carol Friedman
- Requesting a page to be made
- Why Delete a Draft?
- Changing Username
- How to edit a navbox
- Non-free image
- My new pages?
- Easington, County Durham
- I can't find my changes
July 30
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 30
- Non Free image alert
- Screwdrivers
- sam smith/sportswriter
- Odd Image Discoloration
- contributed - forgot refs - would like to correct
- Change image
- Requirement for Diploma People freshers
- Removing references
- Should brief members of a band/group still be considered as 'former members'?
- Do we have an impersonation warning template?
- Add Logo to Company Page
- gallery issues
- Radio Voice of Russia
- Renaming article
- Hardware used by voicemail producers
- Bubbo Jones- Bubbojones (name) availability for an account
- Paintings I own
- Deleted Page for Richard Helm
- DENTAL SOFTWARE
- American Media Institute
- Copied and Pasted Error
- Need help!
- Request for help in amending info in picture panel (transclusion)
- I am very sorry
- Cannot find created page -Yaotzin Meza
- You have new messages! but no message
- Hi I could use you guy's help please
- Message alert
July 31
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 July 31
- Air Combat Information Group (www.acig.org) as reference for military aviation articles
- Open Gaming License and WIkisource ?
- Article review
- Music Rating link goes to wrong site
- Personal Life?
- ?
- I want to change my Username
- new page had deleted.
- Problems using hidden template
- we want to be included under "Ayurveda"
- CM Jason kirk
- New Article
- The Elder Scrolls III:Tribunal
- New article over redirect
- Resubmitting an article that was improved